Overseas Aid
Questions
1. Before watching the Overseas Aid BtN story predict what you think it is going to be about.
2. What is the main point of the Overseas Aid story?
3. What is aid?
4. Why does the Australian Government give funding to people in other countries? List your reasons.
5. How much money will Australia put towards overseas aid in 2013-14?
a. 5,700
b. 5.7 million
c. 5.7 billion
6. List at least one of the 8 Millennium Development Goals.
7. The GFC meant there wasn’t as much coming in and the government said it couldn’t spend as much on overseas aid. What is the GFC?
8. Some say that overseas aid is not necessarily a good thing. List some of their reasons.
9. What do you think? Should Australia spend more of its budget on overseas aid? Explain your answer.
10. What do you understand more clearly since watching this story?
2. What is the main point of the Overseas Aid story?
3. What is aid?
4. Why does the Australian Government give funding to people in other countries? List your reasons.
5. How much money will Australia put towards overseas aid in 2013-14?
a. 5,700
b. 5.7 million
c. 5.7 billion
6. List at least one of the 8 Millennium Development Goals.
7. The GFC meant there wasn’t as much coming in and the government said it couldn’t spend as much on overseas aid. What is the GFC?
8. Some say that overseas aid is not necessarily a good thing. List some of their reasons.
9. What do you think? Should Australia spend more of its budget on overseas aid? Explain your answer.
10. What do you understand more clearly since watching this story?